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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One fact that made the thought of men being killed or eaten by sharks unrealistic to many was what?
(a) Men are the strongest creatures on earth.
(b) Such attacks had always occurred away from civilization and were virtually unrecorded.
(c) Men are too smart to be eaten by animals.
(d) Sharks are too small and weak.

2. The _______________ Hotel's young bell captain, Charles Bruder, decided to slip away for an afternoon swim.
(a) Sussex.
(b) Lenox.
(c) Hilton.
(d) Essex.

3. The juvenile shark that killed Bruder had probably been frightened off by what?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) The rescue boat.
(c) Bruder.
(d) The sounds of men.

4. What was significant about the popular black and dark blue bathing suits?
(a) They were very unattractive.
(b) They were the exact colors of marine animals that the shark savored.
(c) They were the same colors as great whites.
(d) They were not appealing to sharks.

5. On July ________, 1916, Renny Cartan, Jr., his cousin Johnson Cartan, and some other friends took off for the swimming hole at the nearby creek.
(a) 11.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."

2. Bruder boasted that he was not afraid of sharks. Why was he not afraid?

3. Lucas had sent whom to the scene of the shark attack on Charles Bruder?

4. The man the reporters visited was director of what?

5. What was Benjamin Everingham doing in the Asbury Avenue beach area?

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